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1. He was fined one shilling plus nine shillings costs for driving his car at 8mph when the speed limit was 2mph.
2. He was arrested by a policeman who chased him on his bicycle.
3. He was also fined for using a locomotive without a horse and not having his name and address on the vehicle.
4. On January 28, 1938, the 42nd anniversary of Arnold’s fine, a new World Land Speed Record on a public road was set in Germany at 268.9 mph.
5. That record, set by Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz, still stands.
6. The average speed with which a dart hits a dartboard in competition play is 40mph.
7. The top swimming speed of a fish is generally around ten times its own length per second.
8. The maximum speed of rain is 18mph. The record speed for a slug is 0.2mph.
9. A snail moving at its top speed of two inches a minute would finish a marathon in just over 18 months.
10. Over the past four years in the UK, 452,540 speeding fines have been issued by magistrates.